468 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
easier put in with modern sling carriers if there are 
no cross ties to obstruct the working of the carrier. 
The roof must be strong if hay is taken in in large 
drafts. It must be of economical construction. 
It must be able to endure stress of wind and storm. 
The writer has designed hundreds of barns of 
varying types for situations scattered nearly all over 
America. After many years of experience he de- 
cides that for simple storage of hay the type shown 
on pages 466 and 467 is the best extant. It is as 
simple as can be, it is cheap to build. It may have 
round pole for posts, square timbers or be all of 
joists construction. It has not one brace or cross tie 
inside the hay mow. The outer braces are not in the 
way especially, as they occur only at intervals of 14’ 
or 16’. They will not decay if they are covered on top 
and sides with a strip of galvanized steel roofing, 
bent to fit. The under side is best left uncovered. 
The foundation is of concrete piers molded in place 
and each one having an iron pin coming up several 
inches into the foot of the post. 
A floor ought to be provided. Sometimes a scaf- 
folding of round poles is laid down, putting the poles 
close enough to make a good air space under the 
hay. <A concrete floor made water proof will serve 
if care is taken to put down very dry straw or hay 
at the beginning so as to make a layer all over the 
bottom. 
Shed for Baling.—Supposing hay to be baled from 
this barn, a shed or lean-to is provided on one side. 
Hach crop may be baled as soon as it has thorough- 
